1978 Paris Open – Doubles

1978 Paris Open s USA Brian Gottfried MEX Raúl Ramírez USA Bruce Manson Rhodesia Andrew Pattison ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac ARG Guillermo Vilas 7–6, 6–2 16 4 singles doubles Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Bruce Manson and Andrew Pattison won the doubles title at the 1978 Paris Open tennis tournament defeating Ion Țiriac and Guillermo Vilas in the final 7–6, 6–2. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. USA Robert Lutz / USA Stan Smith (semifinals) ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac / ARG Guillermo Vilas (final) EGY Ismail El Shafei / RSA 1928 Raymond Moore (semifinals) FRA Jean-Louis Haillet / FRA Gilles Moretton (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 6 6     FRA B FritzFRA C Roger-Vasselin 4 4     FRA P DominguezFRA D Naegelen 6 6     FRA C FreyssFRA P Portes 3 2   4 FRA J-L HailletFRA G Moretton 6 7     ESP 1977 A JimenezESP 1977 J Soler 4 5     USA B MansonRhodesia A Pattison 5 6 6   GBR J FeaverAUS J James 7 3 2   GBR R DrysdaleGBR R Lewis 6 2     USA J AustinUSA G Hardie 7 6     FRA D BedelFRA P Proisy 6 3 4 3 EGY I El ShafeiRSA 1928 R Moore 4 6 6   USA T GarciaUSA J Sadri 7 7     SWE O N BengtsonUSA T Gullikson 6 5     FRA É DeblickerFRA Y Noah 6 5 4 2 ROM 1965 I ȚiriacARG G Vilas 4 7 6 1 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 6 6     FRA P DominguezFRA D Naegelen 3 3   4 FRA J-L HailletFRA G Moretton 3 6     USA B MansonRhodesia A Pattison 6 7     USA J AustinUSA G Hardie 2 4   3 EGY I El ShafeiRSA 1928 R Moore 6 6     USA T GarciaUSA J Sadri 0 3   2 ROM 1965 I ȚiriacARG G Vilas 6 6   1 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 4 3     USA B MansonRhodesia A Pattison 6 6   3 EGY I El ShafeiRSA 1928 R Moore 3 3   2 ROM 1965 I ȚiriacARG G Vilas 6 6     USA Bruce MansonRhodesia Andrew Pattison 7 6   2 ROM 1965 Ion ȚiriacARG Guillermo Vilas 6 2   External links 1978 Paris Open Doubles draw Doubles